Weather-strip for doors.



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WEATHER STRIP FOR DOORS.

v APPLICATION FILED MAY 0, 190a. 924,434, Patented June 8, 1909.

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BURTON njcox, or m rnAiioisco; CALIFORNIA.

WEATHER-STRIP FOR. DOORS.

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This invention relates to a Weather strip for doors that is providedwith means whereby the weather strip is automatically moved intoengagement with the threshold or floor as the door is closed to excludeair, rain and dust entering a building under the door, and which israised out of contact with the, floor or threshold when the door isopened so that wear on the strip will be prevented.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a device of thischaracter which is comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture,and thoroughly reliable and efficient in use. 1

Another object of the invention is the provision of a weather stripmovably mounted on the door and provided. with a spring for raising theweather strip out of contact with the floor and having a member adaptedto engage an abutment on the door frame for causing the weather strip tobe automatically set or moved into contact with the floor or threshold.

With these objects in view and others as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises 'thevarious novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully describedhereinafter and set forth with particularity in, the claims appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments ofthe invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower portion. of adoor and frame with my improved weather strip applied to the door. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the weather strip with a portion broken away.Fig. is a horizontal sectional view of the door taken on line 33, Fig.4.. Fig. 4-. is a ver tical section on line 44., Fig.- 3. Fig. 5 is anedge view of the lower corner of the door showing the weather stripapplied thereto.

In the present instance, 1 have illustrated the device as applied to adoor having a threshold, but it is to be understood that it can be usedto advantage on doors in which no threshold is employed, theweatherstrip being intended to bear against the floor.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1908.

Patented June s, 1909.

Serial No. 431,638.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a doorway 'havlng a sill 1 onwhich is a strip 2 and in the doorway is a door B of any approvedconstruction. Extending across the door at the bottom thereof is ashield or guard 3 which is so shaped as to form a pocket 4 in which theweather stri 5 or guard is arranged. This weather strlp may be of anyapproved construction and ma terial and the same is supported on a wireframe 6 which has pintle-receiving eyes 7 whereby the frame is lnountedto swing. At the inner hinged edge of the door is a recess into whichone of the arms 9 of the frame 6 extends, and the eye of the said armenone end of the frame 6 is attached. The

other arm, as shown in Fig. 3, has its eye 7 mounted on a screw 10 thatcarries a helical torsional spring 11, one end of the spring beingconnected with the screw for adjusting the tension, while the other endis connected at 12 with the arm 9 so that the spring will tend to raisethe weather strip to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5. The lowercorner of the door has a recess 13 for receiving the screw 10 and spring11. and also the arm 9, and the extremity of the arm is bent into amember 14 extending outwardly from the edge of the door so as to engagean abutment 15 secured to the door frame. This abutment is so arrangedthat when the door is completely closed, the member 14 is moved from thedotted to the full line position, Fig. 5, so as to swing the frame 6downwardly and bring the weather strip into contact with the threshold 2or floor, as the case may be. While in this position, the spring isunder tension so that as soon as the door is but slightly open, theframe 6 will be raised. because of the arm 14; moving away from theabutment 15. It will thus be seen that the weather strip isautomatically set by the closing of the door and automatically moved toinoperative position when the door is opened.

to those skilled. in the art to which the invention appertains, andwhile 1 have described the principle of operation of the invention,together with the device which I new consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merelyillustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired. as areWithin the scope of the claims appended. hereto. I

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationof a Wire frame consisting of a straight middle portion and terminalarms, eyes on the extremities of the arms, means engaging in the eyesfor pivotally mounting the frame on a door, a guard carried wholly bythe frame and having its upper edge curled around the straight portionof the latter to form a hinged connection between the guard and frame, aspring arranged to raise the frame, a member secured to the frame, andafixed abutment arranged in the path of the member to swing the framedownwardly during the closing of the door for setting the said guard.

2. The combination of a frame consisting of a straight rod-like portionprovided with terminal arms disposed. at right angles thereto, eyes onthe extremities of the arms, an

eye bolt for engaging one of the eyes for sev curing one end of theframe to the door, a

screw passing through the other eye for securing the other end of theframe lo the door, a torsional spring on the screw having one end fixedand the other end connected with one of the arms of the frame andarranged to urge the frame upwardly, a member connected with the armthat is mounted on the screw and disposed along the outer edge of thedoor, a guard connected with the straight portion of the frame tomaintain a vertical position as the latter swings, and a fixed stopdisposed in, the path of the said member to depress the frame as thedoor closes.

3. The combination of a door having recesses, a frame having armsextending into the recesses, pivots in the recesses on which the armsare mounted, a spring on one of the pivots and engaging one of the armsfor moving the frame up *ard ly, a weather guard carried solely by theframe, and having its upper edge hingedly connected with the latter, ashield on the door for covering the guard, a member on the framedisposed at the edge of the door, and an abutment with which the memberengages for moving the frame against the tension of the spring to setthe weather guard.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BURION l6. (FOX. Witnesses GEO. E. Bnw, W. H. lioniv'rz.

